Amy Galpin, the San Diego Museum of Art’s associate curator, has accepted a position as curator of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College in Florida.

Touted as “one of the oldest and most distinguished collections in Florida,” the Cornell Museum has a collection of more than 5,000 objects. The facility underwent a $4.5 million renovation in 2006 and now has six galleries, a print study room, and an educational gallery.

“I look forward to being a part of the community at a small, but vibrant liberal arts college,” Galpin said in an email. “My new position includes writing a collections catalog and producing exhibitions with the permanent collection that is strong in early twentieth-century American art and contemporary art.

“I am excited to work with objects by William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Alfredo Jaar, An-My Lê, and Abelardo Morell.”

Galpin, whose specialty was "Art of the Americas," is the fourth curator originally hired by the Balboa Park museum’s previous director, Derrick Cartwright, to move on since Roxana Velásquez was appointed the museum’s director in 2010.

Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, the museum’s Asian art curator, went to the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2012 to become curator of Indian and Southeast Asian art.

Julia Marciari-Alexander, the museum’s deputy director for curatorial affairs, was named director of Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum earlier this year.

Marciari-Alexander’s husband, the museum’s European art curator John Marciari, also moved to the east coast, where he is working on various projects (including completing a detailed catalog of the San Diego Museum of Art’s collection).

Quintanilla’s replacement was named in July: Marika Sardar, formerly of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, joined the museum as associate curator of Southern Asian and Islamic art.

The other curatorial positions remain open, as does its deputy director/chief operating officer position. Reed Vickerman, who had joined the museum from the private sector, returned to the for-profit world earlier this year to become chief operating officer at “Everyone Counts.”

Galpin’s most visible achievement at the museum was her curation of “Behold, America!” a first-time collaboration between the San Diego Museum of Art, the Timken Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. She has also curated a number of smaller projects at the museum, including the “Women, War, and Industry” exhibit opening Oct. 19 and “Noah Doely: By the Light,” opening Nov. 2.

“It is bittersweet to leave San Diego,” Galpin said. “There are so many wonderful things happening in this city — and it has been a true honor to be a part of The San Diego Museum of Art.”